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DRAMAS. 

2 A De=rerate Ouine 3 2 

164 After Ton Year.-; 7 5 

30 A Life's lleveiiKe 7 r> 

4:5 Arrah de Bimsli " 5 

100 Aurora Floyd 7 3 

125 Auld Robin Gray 25c 13 3 

89 IJcaiity of Lyons 11 ii 

113 Bill Detrick 6 4 

14 Brigand.-i of Calabria 6 1 

IfiO Conn; or Love's Victory 11 3 

161 Dora 5 2 

60 Driven to the Wall 10 3 

152 Driven from Home 7 4 

173 East Lynne , 7 

143 Emigrant's Dangliter 8 3 

176 Factory Oirl G 3 

162 Fielding Manor 1) 6 

117 Hal Uazanl, 25c 8 3 

'J)7 Heroic Dutchman of '76 8 3 

52 lIcnrvGiaiidon 11 8 

76 How He Did It ; 3 2 

141 Hidden Treasures 4 2 

26 Hunter of the Alps i» 4 

191 Hid ten Hand 10 6 

194 Lights and Shadows of the 

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3 Lady of Lyons 12 5 

9 liUdv Audley's Secret (i 4 

46 Man and Wife 12 7 

211 Midnight Mistake 6 2 

16:5 Miriam's Crime 5 2 

91 Michael Erie 8 3 

36 Miller of Derwent ^Vater 5 2 

34 ]\listletoe Bough 7 3 

81 0:d Phil's Birthday 5 2 

85 Outcast's Wife 12 3 

83 Ou on the World 5 4 

196 Oith Bound 5 3 

29 Painter of Ghent 5 2 

18 Poac icr's Doom „ 8 3 

110 I'lcverses 12 6 

45 Book Allen .■ 5 3 

79 Spy of Atlanta, 25 cts 14 3 

144 Thekla 7 

07 The False Fr cud 6 1 

97 The Fatal Blow 7 1 

119 The Fortv-Ninors 10 4 

93 The Gentleman in Black 9 4 

112 The Ne\v.Magdalen 8 3 

ri The Reward if Crime ....5 3 

105 Throuiih Snow and Sunshine. 6 4 

7 The Vow of the Ornani 8 1 

201 Ticketof Leave Man 9 3 

193 Toodles 6 "2 

200 Uncle Toms Cabin 15 7 

121 ■\Vill-o'-the-Wisi) 9 4 

41 Won at L.ast 7 3 

192 Zion 7 4 

TEMPERANCE PLAYS. 

73 At Last 7 1 

75 Adrift 6 4 

187 Aunt Dinah's Pledge 7 3 



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202 Drunkard [The] 13 5 

185 Drunkard's AV'arning 6 3 

189 Drunkard's Doom 15 5 

181 I'lftccn Years of a Drunk- 
ard's Life..... 10 4 

183 Fruits of the Wine Cup 6 4 

104 Lost 6 2 

146 Our Awful Aunt .' 4 4 

53 Out in the Streets 6 4 

51 Rescued 5 3 

59 Saved 2 3 

102 Turn of the Tide 7 4 

63 Three Gla.s.ses a Day 4 2 

02 Ten Nights in Bar Room 7 3 

68 Wrecked 9 3 

COMEDIES. 

168 A Pleasure Trip 7 3 

136 A Legaf Holiday 5 3 

124 An Afflicted I'aniily 7 5 

178 Caste 5 3 

]9<) Home 4 3 

174 Love's Labor Not Lost 3 3 

149 New Ycar.-i in N, Y 7 6 

.■•!7 Not So Bad After All 6 5 

126 Our Daughters 8 6 

1J4 I'assions 8 4 

87 The Biter Bit 5 2 

TRAGEDIES. 

16 The Serf 6 3 

FARCES AND COMEDIETTAS. 

129 Aar-u-ag-oos 2 1 

1.^2 Actor an<l Servant 2 

12 A Capital .Match 3 2 

166 A Te.\an Mother-in-Law 4 2 

30 A Day Well Spent 7 5 

169 A Regular Fi.v 5 4 

80 Alarmingly Suspicious 4 3 

78 An Awful Criminal 3 3 

65 An Unwelcome Return 3 1 

31 A Pet of the Public 4 2 

21 A Romantic .\ttachmnit 3 3 

123 A Thrilling Item 3 1 

20 A T.cket of Leave 3 2 

175 Betsey Baker 2 2 

8 Better Half 5 2 

86 Black vs White 4 2 

22 Captain Smith 3 3 

84 Cheek Will Win 3 

49 Der Two Surprises 1 1 

72 Deuce is in Him 6 1 

19 Did I D.eam it 4 3 

42 DomcsticT^'elie'tv 1 li 

ISS Dutch Prize Fighter 3 

118 Eh? What Did You Say 3 1 

154 Fun in a Post oflice 4 2 

184 Family Discipline 1 

209 Goose with the (jolden Eggs.. 5 3 

13 Give xMe Mv Wife 3 3 

66 Hans, the Dutch J.P 3 1 

116 Hash 4 2 

120 H. M. S. Plum 1 1 



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Wink Ellis, (A trcnnp) 

Dynamite Ed , {a fellow suferer) - 

Geo. Washington Brown, {Hotel Jceej)er) 



COSTUMES— MODERN. 



TIME— TWENTY MINUTES. 



TMP96-007i44 

STA GE DIRECTIONS. 
H., means Right; l., Left; r. h.. Right Hand; l. h., Left Hand; c. Centre- s e • 
L2d K.,] becnd Entrance; u. e., Upper Entranet . m. d., Middle Door; f the Flnf ' 
D. F., Door in Flat; e. c, Right of Centre; l.c, Left of Centre " 



R- E. C. c. 



L. C. L. 



*** The reader is supposed to be upon the Stage, facing the audience. 



COLORED SENATORS. 



SCENE— (9#C(2 at Brown's hotel. ' 

^Enter Ellis r. c. and Ed. l. c, at same time. They see 
each other, and each taking the other to le the Landlord 
they speak together. 

-pin^ ' \ Am you the, {2xmse) am, {pause) am you — 

Ellis. What am de matter wid you, nigger — can't you 
let a 'spectable gemraen ax yer a question? 

Ed. Well, what's de matter wid you, you wizen -ia'^ed 
itar barrel? You mus' be one of dem dar new tangled 
machines wid wires to 'em, what am doin' all de talk:n' dar 
^is done in de world. 

Ellis. Close dat fly trap, nigger. I's gwine to do busi- 
ness wid you. 

Ed. Now you is talkin' sense. I's been waitin' yere long 
time now to do business wid you. Am you de landlord? 

Ellis. No. Ain't you de landlord ? 

Ed. Go way from here, an' don't be tryin' no smart 
tricks on dis child or I's gwine to slap you so hard you am 
liable ter spit ink, yes indeed I am. 

Ellis. Look out dar, nigger, don't you cuss me, I's a 
tough nigger, I is. 

Ed. I swar to goodness I thought you was de ramrod. 

Ellis. But I ain't. 



4 COLORED SENATORS, i - 

Ed. Who am you den ? 

Ellis. I's a summer tourist, I is. Doctor 'vised me to 
trable for my health dis summer. I's got a very bad dose 
ob de hay fever, I has; yes indeed. All us millyumnaries 
am liable to hab it. But ain't yer de ramrod ob dis yer 
'stablishment? 

Ed. No I ain't de ramrod, I's a fellow sufferer like your- 
self. My name am Dynamite Ed, Col. Dynamite Ed. 

Ellis. Put her dar. {extending hand) Shake. I use.l 
to be a colonel once myself, yes indeed; {they shake hands) 
but I's got higher up de ladder now, I has. I's a general 
now, sure enough — -Gen'l Wink Ellis. 

Ed. Well, Gren'l Wink, as we bofe wants de ramrod jes' 
you go an' see if he is up stairs an' I'll go to look 'round 
de front yard an' see if he am out dar. 

Ellis. All right, colonel. (exit door at hack 

Ed. Gosh, but ain't I struck it rich. If I don't have 
part of dat nigger's millyums den my name ain't Dynamite 
Ed. I's gwine for dat nigger's pockets in about free seconds, 
just like this. {turns his own pockets inside out — Ellis 
heard singing outside) 

He is a little picaninny, 
From Old Virginia ; 
Goodness how he grows, 

He's gwanter wish he was a picaninny or sumfin' else after 
I pick his pockets, Howsomever he is coming back, so I 
guess I'll meander, (exit, e. c. 

Ellis enters door at hack. 

Ellis. Don't seem ter be any ramrod 'round dis yer 
'stablishment. I wonder where dat nigger, Col. Ed, has 
done gone to; guess he'd wish he had been home hoeing 
pertatoes instead of foolin' 'round Gen'l Wink Ellis 'fore he 
gets fru wid me, I's gwine to rob dat nigger, I is ; an' den 
I fink dis chile gwine ter git a square meal, {knock heard 
R. c.) Come in. {knocking continues) Come in. 

Ed. {sticking head in at entrance and continuing to 
knock) Can't yer wait till I gets fru knocking. 

Enters e. c. and goes over to Ellis. 

£, llis. Did yer find de gov'ner ? 



COLORED SENATOES. '§ 

M. No. Did you? 

Ellis. No, but I left word for him ter come down soon 
as he gits time. 

Ed, {aside) Gosh, but dis nigger am gittin' mighty- 
hungry — pretty loose 'round de belt, too. {feels of waist 
— aloud) Well, Gen'l Wink, I guess we might as well sit 
down here and wait fer the gov'ner. {aside) Now I'll git' 
dat nigger's money. {starts towards hench at hack 

Ellis, {aside) Things is coming my way now fer sure. 
I's got him now sure 'nuff. {goes hack and they sit together 
OYh hench facing audience) Say, Col. Ed, how am de crops 
down in your section of the country dis season? 

{;puts hand in Yiiy'sjjocl'et and turns it inside out 

Ed. Well, de crops am a good bit better nor they would 
be if dey — {turns one of WmK' sjjocA-ets out) — was some- 
what worse den dey might be, (Wink turns another of Ed's 
jpoclieti) if dey v/as considerable bettei' nor dey am. 

(Ed turns another of y^Yiii,i^s pockets 

Ellis. I suppose you ain't been gittin' much rain very 
lately, has yer? {cojitinues to go ih rough 2)ockets 

Ed. No, de rains am very prohibition like in scarcity, 
but de dews am so heavy dat dey am running de steamboats 
across de country now. {pockets are all turned and found 
empty — hoth rise, icitli a look of disgust, and come doion 
front, Ed r., Ellis, l. — aside) Not a cent. 

Ellis, {aside) Not a cent. 

Ed. Look here, Gen'l Wink, I's 'clined to think you am 
no millyumnary, but jes' a common every day nigger tramp, 
so I is. 

Ellis. Yes, an' you, Col. Ed, you ain't got a cent neither. 
You don' hit denail purty square on de head when you don' 
tole me you was a fellov/ sufferer. You is jes' a common 
nigger yourself. {thty discover their pockets are out and 
put them hack at same time, casting angry glances at each 
other) 

Ed. Look here, Gen'l Wink, if we both belong to der 
perfession les' quit dis yer foolin' an' skirmish for some per- 
wisions, 'cause I's done gittin' mighty hungry myself, sure 
'nuff. 

Ellis. Kerrect, Col. Ed. I done gota great scheme, 
never known to fail. Jes' you sit down here an' Til don' tole 
'bout it. {they sit on hench again with hand^ inpjockets 



B COLORED SENATOIlS/ 

Eel. What's de matter wid dem pockets— ain't nuffin' iftj 
dar. f 

Ellis. Oh, nuffin'. {takes hands out) What am de 
matter with yours ? (Ed takes hands out 

Ed. But how 'bout dat scheme? 

Ellis. Well, we is two senators. You am David Davis 
and I am Jim Blaine. I'll 'splain eberythin' to de ramrod, 
an' we mus' order de best in de house, den you must offer to 
pay for it, 

Ed. Go long, nigger ; how is I gwine to pay ? 

Ellis. You jes' oiTer to pay, dat's all; den you see I'll 
want ter pay an' you'll want ter pay, an' den de gov'nerwill; 
jes' charge it in de bill to stop us from fightin'. 

Ed. All right, Wink, but you is star tin' dis t'ing, an'- 
you must offer to pay first. 

Ellis. All right, jes' you bring de gov'uer in an' Vs, 
gwine ter talk his arm off in jes' free minutes. 

Ed. {I'ings hell and calls "rsLmrod") But how am we 
gwan ter pay de bill in de mornin'? 

Ellis. Well, I declar', you am de most ig'rant nigger 
ever I seed. You don't suppose we are gwine ter stay till 
mornin' do yer, you wizen-faced straight-haired coon? You 
see we are gwine to spread out our white wings and fly 
gently away in de silent WaterhirT/ watches of de night. 

Ed. Whist ! here comes de gov'ner. 

Enter Brown, r. 

Brown. Git out here you niggers, don't come pesterin' 
arouu' my 'stablishment. Git out, I say. (reaches in hip 
2X)chet for revolver, hut pulls out plug oftohacco) 

Ellis. Skuse me, but am you de ramrod of dis 'stablish- 
ment ? 

Brown. I am he, an' my name am Col. Geo. Washington 
Brown, Esq., who be you uns ? 

Ellis. Colonel, allow me to introduce to you my ticklar 
friend. Senator David Davis, {t'^iey shake hands) And for 
fear that you m: y not recognize in me "The Plumed Knight," 

I will add that 1 am Senator Jim Blaine, (of .) \they 

shake hands — Brown turns hack to audience, slwwing large 
card hearing the inscription, "I am something of a liar my- 
self") 



COLORED SESTATORS. 1^ 

Brow7i. Strikes me, gemmen, dat de kte campaign haft 
a very bad effect on your 'plexion. 

Ed. Well you see, Col. Brown, we has bin rusticating 
out in de country, an' am slightly sun burned, dat's all. 

Ellis. Yes, dat's all, an' as our private car won't be in 
until to-morrow we will jes' stop wid you until den, an' we 
wants de very best dere is in de house. 

Ed. Yes, de very best. 

Brown. All right; be seated, gemmen, I will order your 
dinner prepared immediately, but in the mean time wouldn't 
you like some light refreshments here ? 

Ellis. Yes, bring us up some champagne and some good 
Havana cigars. 

Brown. All right, gemmen. . . {exit, R. 2 e. 

Ed. Gosh, but we has hit a snap, ain't we Wink? 

Ellis. Be careful dar, don't you call me Wink, 'cause I's 
Jim Blaine now. 

Enter Brown, e. 2 e., vnth service containing two glasses of 

water and tivo cigars, tchicJi he places ontahle. 

Brown. Here, gemmen, am some wine, an' some ob de 
best cigars in town. 

Ed. How much is it, colonel ? 

Brown. Two dollars and a half. '^ 

Ellis. Let me pay for them now. 

Ed. No. let me pay. {reaches iniwclcet 

Ellis. No, Senator Davis, I ordered dem an' I's gwine 
ter pay, 

Ed. But I say you shan't pay, Senator Blaine, I's gwine 
ter pay myself. 

Brown. Never mind, gemmen, don't quarrel 'bout a 

little thing like dat, I'll jes' charge it in de bill, an' you can 

settle all together in de mornin'. {exit Brown, r. 2 e. 

WrJ ") 

■^,7. [All right, {they sit at talle and light cic/ars) 

Ed. Grosh, but ain't dis a soft snap. 

Ellis. Oh, I's a purty slick nigger, I is. {drinJcs from 
glass) Guess dis am a new kind of champagne. 

Ed. So Jim Blaine, you can't tell de taste of dat 
kind of wine, cause you ain't used to it. {tastes water) Dis 
am de boss wine. 



8 COLORED SENATORS. 

Enter Brown, r. 2 e. 

Brown, Shall I bring you somefin' more, gemmen ? 

Ed. Bring us some niilk punch, an' let it be de bes' in 
de Ian'. {exit, Brown, r. 2 e. 

Ellk. I feels like I owns de earth, don't you, Bruder 
Davis ? _3A 

Ed. Yes indeed. 

Enter Brown, r. 2 e., with tico (/lasses jllled 'kith- flour, 
vjhich lie puts orttahle. \ 

Brown, {aside) I'll fix dese here senator niggers. 

Ellis. Let me pay for dis now. 

Ed. No, let me, Brudder Blaine ? 

Brown. Never mind, gemmen, I'll put it in de bill. 

{(ixit, R. 2 E. 

Ed. {takes uj) glass of flour) Here's luck. 

Ellis, {takes up glass) Let h^^ffo dar. {tJmj try to 
drink and get flour on their faces — sit hack in their chairs 
and look at each other, and fall asleep with cigars in their 
hands. Brown enters and takes cigars, leaving lighted 
candles instead, and exit R. 2 e. Ed tcaJces xvp and, tries to 
smoke candle, then puts candle on toMe, vxikes Ellis lolw 
does same. 

Ellis. Senator Davis, you yaller coon, you stole my 
cigar. 

Ed. No, you took mine, Jim Blaine. 

{fJiexj search each other s j)Ockets in vain 

Ellis. We must have been "hoo dooed" some way, Davis; 
but let's have some brandy, that's a sure pertection. {rings 

Brown enters with hig hottle. 

Ellis. Bring us some brandy. 

Brown. Here it is, gemmen. I knew you would want 
brandy, so I brought it up when you rang. {pours out of 
hottle into glasses, they drink and fall asleep). Brdwn brings 
tall dunce caps, which he pxds on their heads and sets tops 
on fire — exit. The Senators wake up and put out fire, 
then are attacked with cramps in tJie stomach — move around 
stage in agony, get hottle from tcd)le and turn lalel to front, 
on which reads, "Rough on Eats." They run off in agony. 

CUKTAIN. 



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140 
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212 

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44 

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155 



FARCES CONTINUED 

How Sister Paxey got her 

Child Baptiz d 2 1 

How She has Own Way 1 3 

How He Popped the Quest'n. 1 1 

How t) Tame M-in-Law..;.... 4 2 

How Stout i'oiu- Getting 5 2 

In the Wroug Box 3 

In the Wrong Clothes 5 3 

John Smith 5 3 

Jumbo Jum 4 3 

Killing Time .•/; 1 1 

Kittled AVecUl'ng Cake 2 2 

Lick Skillet Wedding 2 2 

Lodgiugs for Two 3 

Matrimonial Bliss 1 1 

Mother's Fool 6 1 

Mr. and Mrs. Pringle 7 2 

Mr. Hud.-ion's Tiger- Hunt 1 1 

My Heart's in Highlands 4 3 

^'y Prec'ous Betsey 4 4 

My Turn Next 4 3 

M^- Wife'= Kelatious 4 4 

My Hay and Now-a-Hays 1 

Obedience 1 2 

On the Slv.^ 3 2 

Paddy Mjles' Boy.. 5 2 

Persecuted Dutchman 6 3 

Poor Pilieody 3 2 

Quiet Family 4 4 

Rough Diamond 6 3 

Ripples 2 

Sch.iaps 1 1 

Sewing Circle of Period 5 

S. H. A. M. Pinafore 5 3 

Somebody's Nobody 3 2 

Taking the Census 1 1 

Thit Mysterious B'dle 2 2 

Tne Bewitched Closet 5 2 

The Cigarette 4 2 

The Coming Man 3 1 

Turn Him Out 3 3 

The Sham Professor 4 

The Two T. J's 4 2 

'Jhirty-three Next Bii-thday.. 4 2 

Tit lorTaf 2 1 

Vermont Wool Dealer 5 3 

AVanted a Husband „. 2 1 

AVheu Womin Weep 3 2 

Wooing Under Difficultie.'..... 4 3 

Which will he Marry 2 8 

AVidower's Trials 5 4 

Waking Him Up -.. 1 2 

Why they Joined the Re- 
beccas - _ 4 



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128 

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216 

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205 

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215 



Yankee Dueli.st 

Yii 'kee Peddler 

ETHIOPIAN FARCES. 

Academy of Stars 

An Unhappy Pair 

Black Shoemaker..... 

Black Statue 

Choi)s 

Cuff's Luck 

Crimps Trip 

Fetter Lane to Gravesend 

litunitcd llout^e 

Handy Andy 

Joe's Vis t 

M schievous Nigger 

Musical Dirkey 

No Cure No Pay 

Not as Deaf as He Seems 

Old Ponipey 

Other Pe<iple's Children 

Pomp's Pranks _ 

Quai rel ome Servants 

]looms to Let 

Schyol 

Seeing Bosting 

Sham DLCtor 

16,000 Years Ago 

Sport with a Sportsman 

Stage Struck Darkey 

Stocks Up, Stocks Down 

That Boy Sam 

The Select School 

The Popcorn Man 

The Studio 

Those Awful Boys 

Twain's Dodging 

Tricks 

Uncle Jelf 

U. S. Mail 

Vice Versa 

Villkens and Dinah 

Virginia Mummy 

Who Stole the Chickens 

William Tell .^ 

Wig-Maker and His Servantfl 
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219 Rags and Bottles. Azi original come 016 103 880 5 

Taylor, 4 males, i female. A play by the author of Ti.„ ..^.^i,.^, iaumy is sumeient 
guarantee of its excellence. Rags and Bottles are two street waif.-, and the play 
follows their fortunes through good and bad. An opportunity is given to introduce 
gongs and dances. The balance of the characters are good. Costumes modern. Time 
of performance 1 1-2 hours. 

220 Dutchey vs. Nigger. An original sketch in 1 scene, by James 0. 
Luster, 3 males. A landlord has two servants— one a Dutchman, the other a negro, 
■who are continually playing tricks upon each other, which are very laughable. Time 
in playing about ^0 minutes. (JostumL-s modern. 

221 Solon Shingle; or the People's JLavryer. A comedy in 2 acts, 
by J. S. Jone.s. An excellent pi ly, and ea.^ily put on the stage, the scenery not be- 
ing difficult to arrange. Some of the best Comedians have .starred in the charabter of 
Solon Shingle. Costumes modern. Time of performance l?ci hours. 

222 The Colored Senators. An Ethiopian burlesque in 1 scene, by Bert 
Richards, 3 males. Avery laughable experience of two darkey's, who became dead 
broke and hungry — their schemes to get a meal of the landlord of n hotel, are \ cry 
amusing. Costumes modern. Time of performance, 2o minute.s. 

223 Old Honesty. A Domeijtic drama in 2 ac^s, by John Madison Monon, 
5 males, 2 females. An excellent play with a good moral, showing the truth of the 
old saying that "Honesty is the best Policy." Scenery, interiors. Costumes modern. 
Timeabout 2 hours. 

224 Fooling -with the Wrong Man. An Original farce in 1 act, by 
Bert Richards, 2 mules, 1 female. Character- are an Irishman who is uot .«uch a fool 
as he looks, a dude, and a soiriety btdle. The situations are very funny, and the 
farce must be read to he .appreciated. Costumes eccentric to suit. Time of perform- 
ance 35 minutes, 

225 Cupids' Capers. A farce-comedy in 3 acts, by Bert Richards, 4 males, 
4 females. \ erflows w ith fun from beginning to end. A lawyer, his son, a Dutch- 
man, and a negro are the ma'e characters. A giddy widow and her beautiful daugh- 
ter, a German servant girl, and the Irish hotel proprietress are th ■ females. Costumes 
modern. Time of performance about 1 hour. 

226 Brae the Poor House Girl. A drama in three acts, by C. L. Piper, 
4 males, 4 females. The character of Brae, is a capital one for a ssnbrette, after the 
style of Fanchon the Cricket, etc. All characters are good.' It aboun is in fine situa- 
tions, and is a great success. Costumes modern. Time of performance 2 hours. 

227 Maud's Peril. A drama in 4 acts, by AVatts Phillips, ,5 males 3 females. 
A very populordrama of the present time. Strong and sensational. English Chs- 
tumes of the present time. Easily put on the stage. Timel 1-2 hours. 

228 Iiauderbauoh's Little Surprise. An Original farce in one scene, 
by E. Henri Bauman, 3 males. A roaring piece, the humor being about etiually divid- 
ed between a Dutch in.in — a negro diguised as a woman, and a lu-gio boy. Costumes 
modern. Place anywhere. Time of performance 20 minutes, 

229 The Mountebanks. A Specialty-drama in 4 acts, by Fred. G. An- 
drews, males 2 females. Two of the characters assume various di.sguises, at once 
effective and artistic. The drama is replete with fine situations, and unlooked- or 
developments. Mirth and sadness are well combined. Costumes modern. Time 
of performaiK^e 2hours. An .\mtrican drami of the present time. 

230 Hamlet the Bainty. An Ethiopian burlesque on Shakespeare's 
Hamlet, by Griffin, C uiali-s, 1 female. Burlesque costumes of Hamlet. Very fun- 
ny. Time l.'i minutes. 

231 Match for a Mother-in-Lainr. A Comedietta in 1 act, by Wybert 
Reeve, 3 m:ilcs, 2 females. The iieiipeoked husband, his fri^jud, a servant, the wife 
and the mother-in-law, constitutes the dramatis personie. Very suitable for private 
and amateur use, as well as professional. Costumes modern. Interior scene. Time 
3o minutes. 

232 Stage Struck Yankee. A farce in 1 act, by 0. E. Durivage, 4 males. 
2 females. Scenes, interiors. A Yankee becomes badly stage struck, by seeing a 
play in a barn, discards his affianced for an actress. The manner of his' becoming 
disenchanted, is .shown in the play. It is full of laugh. Time 45 minutes. 

233 Freezing a Mother-in-la\ir. A farce in in llact, by T. E. er- 
ton, 3 males, 2 females. Costumes modern. One interior scene. Old man k- 
ing gents, old woman, walking lady. A mother-in law is to be frozen in >o 
gain her consent to her daughter's marriage. She discovers the plot, f 

water for the freezing fluid, yet pret-'nds to be equally affectual by it 
jrrinutes. 

234 Old Dad's Cabin. An Ethiopian farce in one act, by Cha- 
2 males, 1 female. An excellent darkey play, full of good situations an 
dialogue. Costumes modern. Time 40 minutes. 



